Greg Wrenn
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.jpg) Greg Wrenn introducing Garrard Conley at James Madison University | |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
| Genre | Memoir, environmental nonfiction, poetry |
| Notable works | Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis, Centaur |
| Notable awards | Stegner Fellowship, Brittingham Prize |
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Greg Wrenn is an American writer from Jacksonville, Florida.[1] He lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he is an associate professor of English at James Madison University.[2][3] He was educated at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis.[4] From 2010-2016 he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry and then a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University.[5]
His first book, Centaur, was selected by National Book Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes for the Brittingham Prize.[6] His essays and poems have appeared in Al Jazeera, The New Republic, New England Review, The Rumpus, Beloit Poetry Journal, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, The Yale Review, and elsewhere.[2][7][8][9][10] Wrenn, a certified scuba diver, writes essays primarily about the ocean, including the coral reefs of the Raja Ampat archipelago.[11] His nonfiction book, Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis, is forthcoming in 2024 and is about turning to coral reefs, forests, and psychedelic plants to heal from childhood trauma.[12][13]
Career
Awards
- Brittingham Prize in Poetry for Centaur (2013)[6]
- Stegner Fellowship, Stanford University (2010-2012)[5]
Bibliography
- Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis (Regalo Press, 2024)[14]
- Centaur (University of Wisconsin Press, 2013)[6]
- Off the Fire Road (Green Tower Press, 2008)[15]
References
- ^ "How I Write: Greg Wrenn — Poet". UofL Writing Center. 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ a b "Greg Wrenn". www.jmu.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ "Bio". Greg Wrenn. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "CV". Greg Wrenn. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ a b "Greg Wrenn « Stanford Creative Writing Program". creativewriting.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ a b c Wrenn, Greg (17 May 2013). UW Press - : Centaur Greg Wrenn. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299294441.
- ^ "Poetry Daily Prose Feature - Greg Wrenn: The 23rd-Century Nature Poem". poems.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "Innocence by Greg Wrenn | Kenyon Review Online". www.kenyonreview.org. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "Homeworld: A Poem by Greg Wrenn". New Republic. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "Greg Wrenn". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ Woodroof, Martha. "The Peace of the Reefs". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "Greg Wrenn | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "Greg Wrenn". What If | Tomorrow. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "Cover Reveal: See the cover for Greg Wrenn's memoir Mothership". Literary Hub. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Reviews | Smartish Pace (a poetry review)". www.smartishpace.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
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